Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ric, Nice and amazing documentary, my favorites are Bill2 and Marshall1, Many years ago I was in a town with a similar show, it was at the Canadian frotier, I think on the US side, called "Frontier Town". Saludos cordiales Lluis El 08/05/2009, a las 4:33, Ric Carter escribi?: > No, it's not a bird. It's a western village recreated in plywood > behind Bill Drake's house outside Smithfield, North Carolina. > > Bill was an actor in TV and movie westerns in the '60s & '70s. When > he dropped out of the business, he came home and over the years > rebuilt his earlier world. > > Some of these shots were done while Bill and his friends were > beginning production on a home-brew western movie. > > Many of the buildings have appropriate interiors, one is a museum of > Bill's career, another is a general store with period goods. There's > even a cathouse over the saloon (no, not the kind we usually see in > galleries here). > > I just dropped in one weekend, not knowing any of them. I've made > two visits. More planned. > > Here's a baker's dozen to start. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/shadowhawk/> > http://tinyurl.com/q677yh > > Ric Carter > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information